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"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A WengerThu, 24 May 2018 19:10:28 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.6Comment on How Arsenal will line up under Emery and the ten players he is going to sign by Mike Thttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68919#comment-945054
Thu, 24 May 2018 19:10:28 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945054Colario
That quote from Gazidis suggests to me that Unai has looked at the players currently plying their trade at Arsenal and he has outlined how he plans to use the players already there.I cant see any reference or suggestion as to who he will need to bring in it’s all about how he would work with the current players.
Thats very much is in line with how a head coach operates in that he is given a squad of players and from that point on team selection , tactics etc is within his remit.
As for OMG point 6 as I said earlier I have no doubt that he , Unai, will be party to discussions regarding player recruitment but unlike a manger such as AW where historically the recruitment and retention issue was very much in his area of responsibility going forward I very very much doubt the final word will revert to anyone with a job title of head coach
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Thu, 24 May 2018 18:55:47 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68947#comment-945053Unless a top class ‘keeper or central defender become available, I can’t see us bringing anybody in this window. Emery will want to look at what he has including players out on loan (Perez for one).

Might consider offers for those out of the picture long term (Jenks) and some of the kids, but I think we’re more likely to do business in the winter window.

]]>Comment on How Arsenal will line up under Emery and the ten players he is going to sign by fengunnerhttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68919#comment-945052
Thu, 24 May 2018 18:46:58 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945052“Those who speak don’t know and those who know don’t speak”

That’s an all time classic from Mr Gazidis!

]]>Comment on How Arsenal will line up under Emery and the ten players he is going to sign by Menacehttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68919#comment-945051
Thu, 24 May 2018 18:40:40 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945051The PIGMOL will attempt to continue as before but will get surprised by a new Arsenal approach by one ‘outside’ the ranks – AW!! He will now be able to pick holes & show past footage with open comment to absolutely cause Riley to wet his pants.

The newly appointed coach has authority to select & choose players to be added to the squad which will now play to a slightly altered philosophy.

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Thu, 24 May 2018 18:04:07 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945050@Polo
Thanks for the link Polo, looks like Steve Bould is on his way out. I wonder if he was one of Gazidiis’s 8 candidates.

@Mike T
You are familiar with this from Gazidis

“It was in the personal meetings that Unai was incredibly impressive. He came in extraordinarily well-prepared, with a detailed knowledge of Arsenal Football Club. He had an analysis to share with us not just of his ways of working, his ways of coaching, the team of people that he works with. But he had an analysis of all our of individual players, their qualities and how he thinks he can help them develop individually and collectively.”

UE already has a knowledge of the players. Only he can decide which best fit into his playing tactics and those that are not suitable.

OMG’s no. 6 We discussed at the interview according to Gasidis and why should we not believe him?

To quote President Johnson 35th President of the USA. what people don’t say is usually more import than what they do say.

There has not been a single word on the PMOGL problem.

]]>Comment on How Arsenal will line up under Emery and the ten players he is going to sign by Polohttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68919#comment-945049
Thu, 24 May 2018 15:10:31 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945049We could see some new faces at the club.

]]>Comment on How Arsenal will line up under Emery and the ten players he is going to sign by Colariohttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68919#comment-945048
Thu, 24 May 2018 15:09:15 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945048Mike I will make one more point when I am home .
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Thu, 24 May 2018 15:05:59 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945047@miket
I am on bus on bad roads. So excuse t
Typos.
I stand by what I said for Unia no player control no contract
The biggest problem remains at Arsenal the. Pmgol.
]]>Comment on The 70 players now tipped join Arsenal and the transfer window isn’t even open by Samuel Akinsola Adebosinhttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68947#comment-945043
Thu, 24 May 2018 12:58:01 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68947#comment-945043The summer transfer window has already been opened for English clubs since on the 17th of this month? But does the opening covered the PL clubs? If so, then, we should be expecting the revealing of 3 senior signings by Arsenal before the World Cup starts if AFC will allow the former Gunners boss, Monsieur Arsene Wenger’s era of signing at least one new senior player early into the window to continue under Unai Emery, the new Gunners boss.

The media can continue to tip as many players they could whom they believe Arsenal will sign and as many ones they also believe Arsenal will sell this summer. But by the of this summer window, AFC could end up signing only 3 new players for revamping their senior team squad in readiness for next season’s campaign more especially in the Premier League Title chase which Arsenal MUST win if the newly appointed Gunners boss, Unai Emeri is to convince some doubting Thomases in the Gooners camp he’ll be able to sit on the Gunners boss’ hot seat up to the 3 years deal he has signed and even sit on it longer than that time at the Emirates Stadium.

And depending on his managerial acumen, the £50m that is said to be available only for Arsenal transfer kitty this summer as being reported in the media can be sufficient for Unai Emeri to use it as a capital starting cash to push tp do all the 3 senior signings he’s likely to recommend to the AFC’s player transfer hierarchy to approve their signings for him to have them at Arsenal this summer.

Nevertheless, Unai Emeri has to move fast like lightning moves and working with the AFC’s CEO Ivan Gazidis, the Arsenal’s Director of football relation, Raul Sanllehi and the head of recruitment at the club, Sven Mislintat to identity the 2 senior Gunners he wants out of the club and the 3 new ones he wants in at the club. And all these 5 deals for the 3 incomers and the 2 outgoings should be concluded before the World Cup kicks off. I believe Unai and these 3 top Arsenal officers know the reason for finalising all the 5 transfer deals they could dealt on before the World Cup starts.

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Thu, 24 May 2018 12:40:36 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945042Colario

As I said earlier I have no doubt that he will have input into the player recruitment process but likewise I very much doubt that the identification of transfer targets or indeed the final say will be his.
Gazidis has been very careful in what he has said and how it’s been said. even to the point in terms of job description.
As for your two points the first is interesting to note but am far from sure he had the sort of responsibilities historically granted to a football manager and the second is interesting for m6 take on it is very much that how things happened in the past wasn’t an option going forward indeed didn’t Gazidis point to the onset o& change?

]]>Comment on Why people who argue for a new defence at Arsenal are missing the point by Andy Mackhttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68922#comment-945040
Thu, 24 May 2018 10:13:23 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68922#comment-945040“Bobome – kicking up a storm over everything a majority seems to agree with.”
They weren’t the majority, just the loud minority, as show by the pathetically small but vocal demonstrations.
]]>Comment on Why people who argue for a new defence at Arsenal are missing the point by Namik Hassanhttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68922#comment-945039
Thu, 24 May 2018 09:43:30 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68922#comment-945039This article is bang on. The failings away from home were team-wide.

I’ll need to check back carefully, but I’m confident that on only 2 occasions in our 19 away fixtures last season did we actually score more than 1 goal- against Everton and against Crystal Palace.

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Thu, 24 May 2018 09:41:42 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945038@Mike T
24/05/2018 at 8:49 am

I dont think Unai would be here if he did not have full control over the players to play or not to play for the club. Two reasons. 1) When it comes to players he is his own man. (he was not at PSG he was at his other clubs) 2) Arsenal have a long tradition of allowing the manager to do his job without interference from club suits. Yes we have a new chief scout but seemingly the glove fits, so to speak.

The fear of not knowing what you get is not a good fear. I wanted Arsene to stay but with VAR put back yet another year by the PMGOLs refusal to lose their control of the game, next year would have been yet another year of thuggery against our players.

Not only will it be interesting to see what happens in the first few games, it will be intersting to see the response to this latest challenge from Arsenal to the PMGOL. Will the thuggery by their minows be paused or will it come to a full stop or will it simply be more of the same. I suspect more of the same.

What do you think? More of the same!

]]>Comment on Why people who argue for a new defence at Arsenal are missing the point by Danfordhttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68922#comment-945037
Thu, 24 May 2018 08:25:33 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68922#comment-945037One last point..the Same line from gazidis you like about in the knows not knowing, so did le-grove.

Let’s bury the divisions and not make up imaginary ones.

]]>Comment on Why people who argue for a new defence at Arsenal are missing the point by Danfordhttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68922#comment-945036
Thu, 24 May 2018 08:22:10 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68922#comment-945036Not to mention that despite his obvious preference for Arteta and disappointment that he wasn’t picked, in the article (i believe you are referencing) , Le-grove clearly states he expects Emery to improve things at Arsenal.

Not only that but he follows it up with an entirely new and positive post that acknowledges he accepts the pick and won’t moan about Arteta anymore (no doubt in response to the hundreds of backlash responses he got), and goes on to detail all the potential positive things and even his excitement about Emery coming in.

So there’s nothing for you to be stunned about. The WOBs as you term them are elated with Emery as a choice, as is the entire fan base.

]]>Comment on Why people who argue for a new defence at Arsenal are missing the point by Pathttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68922#comment-945035
Thu, 24 May 2018 08:18:44 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68922#comment-945035Should say Catalan.
]]>Comment on Why people who argue for a new defence at Arsenal are missing the point by Pathttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68922#comment-945034
Thu, 24 May 2018 08:17:55 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68922#comment-945034omgarsenal

Good run down on Unai Emery, except I believe he is from the Basque region of Spain, not the Catlan region.

]]>Comment on Why people who argue for a new defence at Arsenal are missing the point by Danfordhttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68922#comment-945033
Thu, 24 May 2018 08:00:48 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68922#comment-945033@AFC Nemesis. That isn’t accurate, there are no EOBs. The overwhelming majority of those who wanted Wenger out are extremely happy with the Emery appointment (look around at all Arsenal related channels and you’ll see this), and why wouldn’t they be? He checks many of the boxes that gooners who wanted Wenger out wanted in a new manager.

If you look at that Le-grove article’s comments you’ll see that the site’s author is getting hammered by the vast majority of the posters who are overwhelmingly in support of the Emery appointment. He (one person, one opinion) simply was all in on Arteta and is disappointed that it didn’t happen, and his article reflects HIS opinion.

Emery is a choice that can and has united the fan base, no reason to invent a division over it that simply doesn’t exist.

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Thu, 24 May 2018 07:49:26 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945032OMG/ Brickfields
The appointment of a head coach as opposed to a AW type manager is going to significantly change how and by who players are identified and brought into Arsenal.
Whilst I have no doubt he will have input into recruitment and indeed players departures the likelihood that by and large he will have to work with the players the head of recruitment signs off on.
One of the major reasons that the relative short tenure of head coaches at top clubs, where the expectations are not just demanding but often include targets for trophy delivery ,is that these head coaches want to bring in certain players and those players either can’t be delivered or simply they don’t fit the profile identified by the club irrespective of the fact that the head coach wants the player.
The transition from a managed team to a coached team is often difficult more often than not the first coach who follows a manager struggels primarily because the players in situ don’t fit the profile going forward and of course they were the ex managers choice .Clubs aren’t risk averse but would be suicide to embark on a revolution as opposed to evolution.
I found it interesting listening to Gazidis for it came over that when looking for a replacement to AW they in effect were just looking for a clone. It was also very clear from his comments they aren’t expecting to spend big.
Love or hate AW he did ,as OMG says, turn a number of players into stars he earned time at Arsenal and right to to a degree by how he changed things on appointment , the building of the stadium but primarily on appointment he un earthed the likes of Anelka and Vieira and of course he won the big trophies.
Hey I have no idea if he will improve things for you, None of us have, but as I have said many times on here those that wanted AW out should be careful what you wish for now those wishes have been exposed bare.
The man has a huge job, be under no illusion of that, but it’s the transition of Arsenal and the players that will have to adjust very quickly from where the club is managed and led by one man to a club where the roles are shared and most major descions save team selection are decided by committeethat transition is not an easy one.
]]>Comment on How Arsenal will line up under Emery and the ten players he is going to sign by colariohttp://untold-arsenal.com/archives/68919#comment-945031
Thu, 24 May 2018 07:04:19 +0000http://untold-arsenal.com/?p=68919#comment-945031#Brickfields.

I don’t think so. Reading between the lines UE has far more class than the one you refer to.

OMG’s list is good but number 6 has already been done and dusted. He wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t.

His first task is an intensive English course, which I would think is ‘in hand’.

Spanish schools finish in mid June so a permanent move to London will not be made until then.

It remains to be found out if Steve Bould is still on board plus other Arsene ‘little helpers’.

I didn’t believe rubbish bubble gummers unfounded spectulations and I didn’t have any personal preference but this appointment excites me as it does many others who are Arsenal from the heart like your good self. Gotta go.